The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-05
The only Happy Ones Are the Girl
Who Have Not Married.

whom we met, they resolved them
selves. in my mind, into three dstinc
classes, writes II correspondent OF Tn
Boston Transcript.
The first includes the old women,
from 80 to 20 years of age-those who
have suffered for the false cause; thos,
who came out with the pioneers and IN
dured the hardships, which must have
been terrible. Among these | remem'
Der Mrs Horne, an English womaI
whose face impressed me deeply by its
expression of heroic patience. She
spoke very simple and quietly over
what she bad endured, ii drove the
wagon and the cattle most OF the way
over the plains. NY husband was draft.
ed, with most of our strong men, in the
United States draft OF 1919. had my
children to mind-a baby at the breast
and pair OF twins hardly more than II
year old. / took care of the horses and
fed the cattle myself. 1t was II hare
time but lived through ii and have
brought twelve children into the world
since them The pluck which .hes,
women showed has given them n feeling
of martyrhood and has gloriiled the be-
lief for which they have suffered. veil.
ing its grossncss TO their eyes with .
cloak of self-sacrilice.
In the second class | would place the
women on whom the mystery OF the
system OF polygamy weighs most hcavi-
/ ". Women who are no longer young,
and who either have been or live il
daily terror of being supplanted by
Younger women who will divide with
them the honor and strive for the love
of the man whom they have faithfully
loved and served. One woman with
whom | talked was, felt sure, in tbi-
position. Her face was n suhdUcd
tragedy which can not recall without
pain. i learned that new wife had
lately come to I've in the same house
| with her. This among the more we'll
to-do Mormons is rare; in most eases
each wife has Il house for herself and
children, and the common husband
passes n week ut II time in each cstab-
lishment. Social etiquette demands
that a man shall take with him into the
world and its festivities the wife with
whom he Is living at the time ut which
an entertainment is given. The invi-
tation is therefore addressed to him,
and it is understood that only the wife
whose roof is at the time sheltcrng
him shall accompany him. The same
rule apples to any theatrical pertor-
nance or amusement. We were drv-
| ing with one lady who, desiring 10 speak
with her husband on some important
business, went to the house OF another
/ g.. l. f,p ~, IN
and finding that he was At breakfast
with her left us in tho draw ng-roOm.
and, stepping into the breakfast room,
! transacted her affair, and in five minutes
reioined us with Il perfectly placid face.
! The lady assured us that between her.
! self and the seven other wives perfect
love and concord reigncd, IF you
saw us together you would see how
! fond they are of me-" she SAID. But
| though she introduced us to many OF
her friends and some of her husband :
daughters by other wives she did not
give us an opportunity of witnessing
proofs of an affection which seems to
women of the gentiles so impossible
and unatural.
To the third class of Mormon women
| was introduced in the following
manner: II want YOU to look ut the
faces of these girls, and when you hear
! Miss Anna Dickinson or anyone else
say that the Mormon women have sad,
heart broken, spirtess faces, tell them
about these girls of ours. Mrs.
Welles was the speaker. the office OF
The Wonian'S Exponent the place where
twenty or more Mormon ladies had
been invited to meet us. These girls
formed group of perhaps half n dozen,
the eldest being % or 20, the youngest
not more than II years of age. They
were certainly very jolly, happy
looking set of girls-but though they
had all arrived at marriageable age
they were still-"girls. The young
ladies were the daughters of some OF
the leading Mormons; they all spoke
good English and had good enough
manners. One of the elder ones ]
questioned about marriage, knowing
that it was contrary to the ideas of the
Mormons that woman should remain
so long unmarried, "Oh," she said. ]
believe that marriage is the highest
and best state for woman, but indi-
vidually prefer remaining as | am.
This was, i thought an argument
against the system of polygamy worth
remembering II the children born
and brought up in this state of society
prefer to live single rather than to
form part of household corresponding
tn the one they have ALWAYS known,